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Second annual UCLA Barbra Streisand Center lecture turns spotlight on reproductive justice
Keynote speaker Michele Goodwin said we "have to begin to see the attacks on reproductive health care as attacks on our broader democracy.”
Protecting Black mothers before, during and after pregnancy
The UCLA Center for Reproductive Science, Health and Education hosted a talk by L.A. County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell.
Stress during pregnancy can lead to early maturation of first-born daughters
The UCLA-led research team’s study is the first to identify earlier adrenal puberty as a result of prenatal stress.
A Call to Action, Answered
After the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade, the state partnered with UCLA to help women secure their reproductive freedom.
7 professors named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
The honorees are Roger Wakimoto, Blaire Van Valkenburgh, Kenneth Nagy, Yi Tang, Tommaso Treu, Christine Dunkel Schetter and Gary Orfield.
New UCLA center promotes reproductive science and sexual health
The Center for Reproductive Science, Health and Education will support research and education initiatives designed to improve human health.
UCLA report finds abortion bans have outsized impact on Latinas
In each of the 29 states with abortion restrictions, Latinas are far more likely to be of childbearing age than non-Hispanic white women.
Screening for pregnancy anxiety in the first and third trimesters can help reduce early births
UCLA study shows anxiety about a current pregnancy predicted shorter gestation times.
What really drives abortion beliefs? Research suggests it’s a matter of sexual strategies
UCLA psychologist Martie Haselton and Jaimie Arona Krems, from Oklahoma State University, explain how evolutionary social science influences the debate.
UCLA scholars, policymakers consider post–Roe v. Wade landscape
California and Los Angeles will play a critical role in ensuring reproductive rights, panelists said.
UCLA-led research shows majorities of both political parties support legal abortion
Two national surveys that spanned demographic groups showed opposition to complete abortion bans.
Biomarker panel could help predict gestational diabetes in early pregnancy
UCLA researchers focused on extracellular vesicles, which deliver microRNA genes within maternal blood.
Pregnant moms and depression: Study links rising symptoms to kids’ behavioral issues
The seven-year study, led by UCLA psychologists, tracked mothers and their offspring from preconception until the children were 5 years old.
Studying animal evolution to advance women’s health
Understanding the adaptations that protect female animals from disorders may help humans too, UCLA research suggests.
How Dr. Yalda Afshar became a trusted COVID spokesperson
The physician-scientist moved quickly to research how COVID-19 affects pregnant women and babies.
Nanotech device can detect risk for serious complication during pregnancy
Researchers from UCLA and Cedars-Sinai have developed a blood test to identify placenta accreta spectrum disorder.
UCLA Health clinic helps mom heal after near-death birth experience
Resources include therapy sessions and a moms support group.
Mothers’ stress may lead to preterm births, faster aging in children
Two UCLA studies reveal how a variety of stressors, both before and during pregnancy, may adversely affect a woman's offspring.
Enhanced common blood test could predict adverse outcomes in pregnancy, study suggests
Research brief: The new screening method looks for particular bits of DNA that have been shed by the placenta and entered the mother's blood.
Jet aircraft exhaust linked to preterm births
A UCLA study has found that women exposed to high levels of airplane exhaust near LAX are 14% more likely to give birth prematurely.
UCLA research could be step toward lab-grown eggs and sperm to treat infertility
The experiments, led by Professor Amander Clark, revealed a detailed timeline for when germ cells form.
Many pregnancies are shorter as climate change causes more 90-degree days
From 1969 to 1988, researchers estimated, about 25,000 births per year were affected.
Climate change is making it harder for couples to conceive
A UCLA study projects that as temperatures rise, and the number and severity of heat waves increases, getting pregnant may become harder than ever.
UCLA research may explain some causes of infertility and miscarriage
The study, led by Professor Amander Clark, could lead to important advances in an area of medicine that historically has been underfunded and underappreciated.